Etymology

micromachine

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Today it means: Any machine or similar device having a dimension of the order of a micrometre; used especially of integrated circuits Full definition →

English machine ← Middle French machine
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  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Middle Frenchmachine
  3. Englishmachine
  4. English todaymicromachine

From micro- + machine.

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